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University of North Carolina Athletics
Saturday, December 23
New Orleans, La.
1:30 PM
North Carolina
vs
Ohio State
Kenny Williams
Photo by: J.D. Lyon Jr.
Tar Heels Vs. Buckeyes In The Big Easy Saturday
December 22, 2017 | Men's Basketball
• Carolina plays its final regular season non-conference game of the season when it travels to New Orleans to face Ohio State in the CBS Sports Classic.
• This is the 3,000th game in Carolina basketball history. The Tar Heels are 2,216-783 all-time, a winning percentage of .739. UNC will become the fifth school to play 3,000 games (Kansas, Washington State, Oregon State and Duke are the others).
• Carolina is 10-2 this season. The Tar Heels are coming off a 79-75 loss at home to Wofford on 12/20. UNC has not dropped consecutive games since February 2016, when it lost at Louisville and Notre Dame.
• The Tar Heels are ranked No. 5 in the nation in the Associated Press poll and No. 4 in the coaches poll.Â
• Carolina is 5-1 this year away from home. That includes a 3-0 road record and a 2-1 record in neutral site games.
• Carolina is 2-1 in the CBS Sports Classic. UNC beat Ohio State, 82-74, on 12/20/14 in Chicago; beat UCLA, 89-76, on 12/19/15 in Brooklyn; and lost to Kentucky, 103-100, on 12/17/16 in Las Vegas.
GAME 12: WOFFORD 79, CAROLINA 75
• Fletcher Magee scored 16 of his game-high 27 points in the second half and Cameron Jackson had 18 points, nine rebounds, six blocks, three assists and three steals to lead Wofford to a 79-75 win at the Smith Center.
•Carolina came into the game No. 1 in the nation in the NCAA's RPI.
• Joel Berry II led UNC with 23 points and Luke Maye had 17 points and 14 rebounds, but the duo was a combined 11 for 32 from the floor.
• Carolina committed 14 turnovers that led to 16 Terrier points.
• It was the first time Carolina lost at home as a top-5 ranked team against an unranked opponent since losing to Boston College on 1/4/2009. The Tar Heels were No. 1 in the nation in that game.
• It was the first time a top-5 UNC team lost to an unranked opponent since 12/12/15, when No. 3 UNC lost at Texas.
• The loss snapped UNC's 23-game home winning streak and UNC's 22-game home winning streak against non-conference opponents. The 23-game streak tied the fifth-longest in school history.
• It was UNC's first home loss since 2/17/16 to Duke and the first loss at home to a non-ACC opponent since 12/3/14 against Iowa.
• It was just the 16th loss to a non-ACC team in the Smith Center in 214 games.
• It was the third time this year UNC trailed at the half (loss to Michigan State, win vs. Tennessee the others).
• UNC had not trailed by more than five points in its first five home games this year (trailed by five to Western Carolina, but won that game by 43). Wofford's largest lead was 14.
• Carolina made a season-high 28 free throws and attempted a season-high 38 free throws.
• Wofford out-scored UNC 16-8 in points off turnovers, the largest margin by an opponent this season (Davidson had a six-point advantage).
• Carolina shot 36.4 percent from the floor, its lowest since shooting 24.6 against Michigan State in its only other loss this season.
• Cameron Johnson made his Tar Heel debut and scored 10 points in 17 minutes. He made a career-high seven free throws.
• Berry netted his 17th career 20-point game and his fourth this season.
• Maye's 17 points and 14 rebounds produced his seventh double-double of the season.
• Garrison Brooks scored 10 points, his third double-figure game of the year, and first since Bucknell on 11/15.
UNC-OHIO STATE
• Carolina leads the series vs. Ohio State, 11-2. That includes a 4-0 record under head coach Roy Williams.
• Williams is 7-0 against Ohio State (3-0 at Kansas).
• The Tar Heels beat the Buckeyes, 82-74, in Chicago, on 12/20/2014 in the first year of the CBS Sports Classic in the most recent matchup.
• Brice Johnson led UNC with 18 points and nine rebounds, Kennedy Meeks had 13 rebounds and Marcus Paige added 16 points and four assists in the win in Chicago.
• Theo Pinson had three rebounds, an assist and a steal but did not score in 12 minutes; Joel Berry had five points and four assists in 11 minutes.
• The Tar Heels have won six in a row against Ohio State since the Buckeyes won in the 1992 NCAA Sweet 16 in Lexington, Ky.
UNC INÂ NEWÂ ORLEANS/LOUISIANA
• Carolina is 15-2 in New Orleans. That includes an 8-1 record at the Superdome, 2-0 in Municipal Auditorium vs. St. Joseph's (Pa.) and Bradley in December 1971 in the Sugar Bowl Tournament, 2-0 at Tulane Gym in the 1960s, 2-1 at Tulane in the 1920s and 1-0 vs. Tulane in the Smoothie King Center.
• Carolina beat Tulane on 11/11/17 in the 2016-17 season opener.
• The Tar Heels won two NCAA championships under head coach Dean Smith in the Superdome. UNC beat Georgetown to win the 1982 title and Michigan to win in 1993.
• Carolina lost its last game in the Crescent City, losing 82-74 to Penn State in the Superdome in the second round of the 2001 NCAA South Regional. UNC had defeated Princeton in the first round.
• Carolina is 19-3 in the state of Louisiana. That includes 15-2 in New Orleans, 3-1 in Baton Rouge and 1-0 in Lafayette.
TRENDING...
• Carolina set a school-record last season with a rebound margin of 12.3 per game, which was the fourth-highest margin by any school in the country since 1980. UNC has matched that figure in its first dozen games this season.
• The Tar Heels are second in the ACC and fifth in the country in rebounds per game (44.2) and second in the country and ACC in rebound margin behind Duke.
• Luke Maye is eighth in the country in double-doubles (7) and 13th in rebounds per game (10.6).Â
• Carolina is hitting 7.3 three-pointers per game, the sixth-most in school history. Last year, UNC made 7.1 per game.
• Carolina has scored 85 or more points nine times (all wins), 90 or more points five times, 100 points twice and 60.0 points in its two losses.
• The Tar Heels have shot 50 percent from the floor six times. UNC is shooting 49.0 percent for the season. That includes 51.2 percent in its 10 wins and 30.2 percent in the two losses.
• Carolina ranks 14th nationally in KenPom's adjusted offensive efficiency and 19th in adjusted defensive efficiency.
• Carolina has finished in the top 15 nationally in points per 100 possessions 10 times in Roy Williams' first 14 seasons.
• Carolina has scored 25.3 percent of its points on three-point field goals. That's the same percentage as last season and equals the third-highest percentage in Roy Williams' 15 seasons as UNC's head coach.
SCORING FROM THREE-POINT FGs (last 15 seasons)
29.3 percent – 2012-13
26.2 percent – 2005-06
25.5 percent – 2017-18
25.5 percent – 2004-05
25.3 percent – 2016-17
• Roy Williams' teams have finished in the top 10 nationally in rebound margin in 14 of his previous 29 seasons as a head coach, including ninth, ninth and first in the last three seasons.
• Eleven Tar Heels are averaging 10 or more minutes per game, including four freshmen (forwards Garrison Brooks and Sterling Manley and guards Jalek Felton and Andrew Platek).
• Luke Maye, Theo Pinson, Kenny Williams and Brandon Robinson are averaging career highs in minutes played.
• Garrison Brooks, Sterling Manley and Brandon Huffman are a combined 33 for 48 from the floor in the last four games.
IN THE POLLS
• Carolina is No. 5 in the Associated Press poll and No. 4 in the USA Today/Coaches poll released on Dec. 18th.
• Carolina is ranked in the AP poll for the 68th consecutive week (last four weeks in 2013-14, all 19 weeks in 2014-15, 2015-16 and 2016-17 and the first seven weeks this season).
• Carolina is ranked in the AP poll for the 884th time, most in college basketball history.Â
• This is UNC's 665th time in the AP top 10, second-most behind Kentucky.
• Carolina and Duke have combined for 244 weeks all-time as the No. 1 team in the AP poll. That's 244 of 300 weeks as No. 1 by every current ACC school.
• The 2017-18 season is the 55th (out of 70) in which the Tar Heels have been ranked in the top 10.
• Carolina was No. 9 in this season's preseason AP poll. It marked the 12th time in Roy Williams' 15 seasons as head coach the Tar Heels entered the year ranked in the top 10. UNC has finished the year in the AP top 10 nine times in Williams' first 14 seasons.
CAMERON JOHNSON RETURNS
• Cameron Johnson saw his first action of the season and as a Tar Heel when he played 17 minutes and scored 10 points in the loss to Wofford on 12/20. That was 37 days after tearing the meniscus in his left knee in practice on 11/13.
• Johnson was 1 for 5 from three-point range against Terriers, but made a career-high seven free throws in eight attempts.
• Johnson averaged 11.9 points, 4.5 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game last year as a Pitt Panther. He shot 44.7 percent from three-point range.
• Johnson matched his career high with 24 points against the Tar Heels in the Smith Center on 1/31/17.Â
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• This is the 3,000th game in Carolina basketball history. The Tar Heels are 2,216-783 all-time, a winning percentage of .739. UNC will become the fifth school to play 3,000 games (Kansas, Washington State, Oregon State and Duke are the others).
• Carolina is 10-2 this season. The Tar Heels are coming off a 79-75 loss at home to Wofford on 12/20. UNC has not dropped consecutive games since February 2016, when it lost at Louisville and Notre Dame.
• The Tar Heels are ranked No. 5 in the nation in the Associated Press poll and No. 4 in the coaches poll.Â
• Carolina is 5-1 this year away from home. That includes a 3-0 road record and a 2-1 record in neutral site games.
• Carolina is 2-1 in the CBS Sports Classic. UNC beat Ohio State, 82-74, on 12/20/14 in Chicago; beat UCLA, 89-76, on 12/19/15 in Brooklyn; and lost to Kentucky, 103-100, on 12/17/16 in Las Vegas.
GAME 12: WOFFORD 79, CAROLINA 75
• Fletcher Magee scored 16 of his game-high 27 points in the second half and Cameron Jackson had 18 points, nine rebounds, six blocks, three assists and three steals to lead Wofford to a 79-75 win at the Smith Center.
•Carolina came into the game No. 1 in the nation in the NCAA's RPI.
• Joel Berry II led UNC with 23 points and Luke Maye had 17 points and 14 rebounds, but the duo was a combined 11 for 32 from the floor.
• Carolina committed 14 turnovers that led to 16 Terrier points.
• It was the first time Carolina lost at home as a top-5 ranked team against an unranked opponent since losing to Boston College on 1/4/2009. The Tar Heels were No. 1 in the nation in that game.
• It was the first time a top-5 UNC team lost to an unranked opponent since 12/12/15, when No. 3 UNC lost at Texas.
• The loss snapped UNC's 23-game home winning streak and UNC's 22-game home winning streak against non-conference opponents. The 23-game streak tied the fifth-longest in school history.
• It was UNC's first home loss since 2/17/16 to Duke and the first loss at home to a non-ACC opponent since 12/3/14 against Iowa.
• It was just the 16th loss to a non-ACC team in the Smith Center in 214 games.
• It was the third time this year UNC trailed at the half (loss to Michigan State, win vs. Tennessee the others).
• UNC had not trailed by more than five points in its first five home games this year (trailed by five to Western Carolina, but won that game by 43). Wofford's largest lead was 14.
• Carolina made a season-high 28 free throws and attempted a season-high 38 free throws.
• Wofford out-scored UNC 16-8 in points off turnovers, the largest margin by an opponent this season (Davidson had a six-point advantage).
• Carolina shot 36.4 percent from the floor, its lowest since shooting 24.6 against Michigan State in its only other loss this season.
• Cameron Johnson made his Tar Heel debut and scored 10 points in 17 minutes. He made a career-high seven free throws.
• Berry netted his 17th career 20-point game and his fourth this season.
• Maye's 17 points and 14 rebounds produced his seventh double-double of the season.
• Garrison Brooks scored 10 points, his third double-figure game of the year, and first since Bucknell on 11/15.
UNC-OHIO STATE
• Carolina leads the series vs. Ohio State, 11-2. That includes a 4-0 record under head coach Roy Williams.
• Williams is 7-0 against Ohio State (3-0 at Kansas).
• The Tar Heels beat the Buckeyes, 82-74, in Chicago, on 12/20/2014 in the first year of the CBS Sports Classic in the most recent matchup.
• Brice Johnson led UNC with 18 points and nine rebounds, Kennedy Meeks had 13 rebounds and Marcus Paige added 16 points and four assists in the win in Chicago.
• Theo Pinson had three rebounds, an assist and a steal but did not score in 12 minutes; Joel Berry had five points and four assists in 11 minutes.
• The Tar Heels have won six in a row against Ohio State since the Buckeyes won in the 1992 NCAA Sweet 16 in Lexington, Ky.
UNC INÂ NEWÂ ORLEANS/LOUISIANA
• Carolina is 15-2 in New Orleans. That includes an 8-1 record at the Superdome, 2-0 in Municipal Auditorium vs. St. Joseph's (Pa.) and Bradley in December 1971 in the Sugar Bowl Tournament, 2-0 at Tulane Gym in the 1960s, 2-1 at Tulane in the 1920s and 1-0 vs. Tulane in the Smoothie King Center.
• Carolina beat Tulane on 11/11/17 in the 2016-17 season opener.
• The Tar Heels won two NCAA championships under head coach Dean Smith in the Superdome. UNC beat Georgetown to win the 1982 title and Michigan to win in 1993.
• Carolina lost its last game in the Crescent City, losing 82-74 to Penn State in the Superdome in the second round of the 2001 NCAA South Regional. UNC had defeated Princeton in the first round.
• Carolina is 19-3 in the state of Louisiana. That includes 15-2 in New Orleans, 3-1 in Baton Rouge and 1-0 in Lafayette.
TRENDING...
• Carolina set a school-record last season with a rebound margin of 12.3 per game, which was the fourth-highest margin by any school in the country since 1980. UNC has matched that figure in its first dozen games this season.
• The Tar Heels are second in the ACC and fifth in the country in rebounds per game (44.2) and second in the country and ACC in rebound margin behind Duke.
• Luke Maye is eighth in the country in double-doubles (7) and 13th in rebounds per game (10.6).Â
• Carolina is hitting 7.3 three-pointers per game, the sixth-most in school history. Last year, UNC made 7.1 per game.
• Carolina has scored 85 or more points nine times (all wins), 90 or more points five times, 100 points twice and 60.0 points in its two losses.
• The Tar Heels have shot 50 percent from the floor six times. UNC is shooting 49.0 percent for the season. That includes 51.2 percent in its 10 wins and 30.2 percent in the two losses.
• Carolina ranks 14th nationally in KenPom's adjusted offensive efficiency and 19th in adjusted defensive efficiency.
• Carolina has finished in the top 15 nationally in points per 100 possessions 10 times in Roy Williams' first 14 seasons.
• Carolina has scored 25.3 percent of its points on three-point field goals. That's the same percentage as last season and equals the third-highest percentage in Roy Williams' 15 seasons as UNC's head coach.
SCORING FROM THREE-POINT FGs (last 15 seasons)
29.3 percent – 2012-13
26.2 percent – 2005-06
25.5 percent – 2017-18
25.5 percent – 2004-05
25.3 percent – 2016-17
• Roy Williams' teams have finished in the top 10 nationally in rebound margin in 14 of his previous 29 seasons as a head coach, including ninth, ninth and first in the last three seasons.
• Eleven Tar Heels are averaging 10 or more minutes per game, including four freshmen (forwards Garrison Brooks and Sterling Manley and guards Jalek Felton and Andrew Platek).
• Luke Maye, Theo Pinson, Kenny Williams and Brandon Robinson are averaging career highs in minutes played.
• Garrison Brooks, Sterling Manley and Brandon Huffman are a combined 33 for 48 from the floor in the last four games.
IN THE POLLS
• Carolina is No. 5 in the Associated Press poll and No. 4 in the USA Today/Coaches poll released on Dec. 18th.
• Carolina is ranked in the AP poll for the 68th consecutive week (last four weeks in 2013-14, all 19 weeks in 2014-15, 2015-16 and 2016-17 and the first seven weeks this season).
• Carolina is ranked in the AP poll for the 884th time, most in college basketball history.Â
• This is UNC's 665th time in the AP top 10, second-most behind Kentucky.
• Carolina and Duke have combined for 244 weeks all-time as the No. 1 team in the AP poll. That's 244 of 300 weeks as No. 1 by every current ACC school.
• The 2017-18 season is the 55th (out of 70) in which the Tar Heels have been ranked in the top 10.
• Carolina was No. 9 in this season's preseason AP poll. It marked the 12th time in Roy Williams' 15 seasons as head coach the Tar Heels entered the year ranked in the top 10. UNC has finished the year in the AP top 10 nine times in Williams' first 14 seasons.
CAMERON JOHNSON RETURNS
• Cameron Johnson saw his first action of the season and as a Tar Heel when he played 17 minutes and scored 10 points in the loss to Wofford on 12/20. That was 37 days after tearing the meniscus in his left knee in practice on 11/13.
• Johnson was 1 for 5 from three-point range against Terriers, but made a career-high seven free throws in eight attempts.
• Johnson averaged 11.9 points, 4.5 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game last year as a Pitt Panther. He shot 44.7 percent from three-point range.
• Johnson matched his career high with 24 points against the Tar Heels in the Smith Center on 1/31/17.Â
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